Roller for removing lint



Filed nec. 21, 1945 Inventor W/ K Patented Apr. 15, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

The invention as `described herein, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, consists of a quick cleaner, an object of which is to provide an adhesive covered roller for passing over any goods or article from which it is desired to remove lint vor other debris.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cylinder within which is mounted a roll of adhesive tape, the cylinder having a slot through which the tape is adapted to be drawn and wrapped around the cylinder.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cylinder roller to which a layer of adhesive may be attached and self contained means whereby the tape may be cut to remove same from the cylinder when of no further use.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device partly broken away,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof on line 2-2 of Figure l, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

While one embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the above referred to drawings, it is to be understood that they are merely for the purpose of illustration and that various changes in construction may be resorted to in the course of manufacture in order that the invention may be utilized to the best advantage according to circumstances which may arise, without in any way departing from the spirit and intention of the device, which is to be limited only in accordance with the appended claims. And while there is stated the primary field of utility of the invention lit remains obvious that it may be employed in any other capacity wherein it may be found applicable.

In the accompanying drawings, and in the following specification, the same reference characters are used to designate the same parts and elements throughout and in which I refersto the invention in its entirety and I I indicates a roll of adhesive tape wound upon a spool I2 removably mounted upon a shaft I3 having a reduced end I4 screwed into the end wall I5 of a cylinder I6 and projecting there-beyond. The cylinder is provided with a longitudinal slot I'I through which the tape II may be drawn, said slot extending entirely to one end I8 of the cylinder in order that the tape may be fed therethrough as the `roll is placed upon the shaft I3. i

VThe reduced end I9 of the said shaft is threaded to receive closure cap 2D having an annular shoulder portion 2| adapted to seat into the cylinder, said cap being held in place by a knurled nut 22. The end I4 of the shaft is also screw-- threaded to receive the nut 23, vand is again reduced at 24 to receive the nut 25 upon the shank 25, on which is mounted the terminal of arm 2l of the U-shaped yoke 28 whose other arm 29, is mounted upon the reduced terminal 30 of the shaft end I9. A handle 3I is attached to the center of the yoke 28, and seated in a bore 32 in the end 33 of which handle is a pin 34. The bifurcated inner end 35 of said handle supports a disk cutter 36 whose cutting edge 31 projects suciently beyond the end 38 of the pin 34 for cutting a used portion of the tape II from the roller. cylinder I6 adjacent the slot I'I, whereby when the portion 40 of the tape surrounding the cylinder has been used to exhaustion. said portion may be cut from the cylinder and another length withdrawn through the slot I'I, and carried around the cylinder and its free end 4I overlapping the portion 42 thereof and secured by the adhesive on the outer surface 43 of the tape. The cutter 3B is supported by a pin 44 projected through the bifurcations of the member 34, and the handle 3| is attached to said yoke 28 by a screw 45.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the device described may be rolled very rapidly over any fabric or surface from which lint or other small debris is to be removed, which will be picked up very rapidly by the adhesive and thus the material may be very quickly and thoroughly cleaned.

From the foregoing specification it will become apparent that the invention disclosed will adequately accomplish the functions for which it has been designed and in an economical manner and that its simplicity, accuracy and ease of operation are such as to provide a relatively inexpensive device considering what it will accomplish and that it will find an important place in the art to which it appertains when once placed on the market.

It is thought hat persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts such as come within the pur- A slot 39 is provided in the` 3 view of the invention claimed may be resorted to, in actual practice, if desired.

Having now described the invention that which is claimed to be new and desired to be procured by Letters Patent is:

l. As a new article of manufacture, an adhesive lint-removing device comprising a hollow casing having an outer cylindrical surface, a roll of adhesive tape journalled within said casing, said casing having a slot located in said cylindrical surface, said tape extending through said slot and extending around the exterior of the cylindrical surface of the casing with the adhesive side of the tape outermost, said tape having an end portion overlapping said slot and overlapping a portion of the adhesive tape thereby constituting a continuous adhesive covering for said casing, a handle, and the casing being journalled on said handle for 4facilitating the rolling of the adhesive tape-covered casing over the surface of material to pick` up lint and light particles from the surface of said material.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an adhesive lint-removing device comprising a hollow casing having an outer cylindrical surface, a roll drical surface whereby said tape can be extended through said slot and extended around the exterior of the cylindrical surface of the casing with the adhesive side of the tape outermost to form a continuous adhesive covering for said casing, a handle, and the casing being journalled on said handle for facilitating the rolling of the surface of material to pick up lint and light particles from the surface of said material.

, HARRIET STACHOWIAK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,468,380 French Sept. 18, 1923 2,102,745 Read Dec. 21, 1937 2,401,842 Slater June l1, 1946 

